Peking Duck

Slow Cook Duck

Stephanie O'Dea makes slow cooking easy with recipes that are healthy, gluten free, but still delicious.

This recipe appears in: "Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking."

Ingredients

5 green onions,

1 duck, 4 to 5 pounds

1 piece ginger, peeled

4 whole star anise

2 teaspoons five-spice powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 tablespoons gluten-free soy sauce

1 tablespoon honey

Cooking Directions

Use a 6-quart slow cooker. Place a cooking rack in the bottom of the stoneware. Lay green onions on top of the rack. Skin the duck, remove the neck and giblets. Stuff the ginger and star anise in the cavity.

In a small bowl, combine the dry spices. Rub spices inside and outside the duck. Place duck inside cooker, breast side up. Drizzle with soy sauce and honey. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.